making distilled water by boiling?

[J37X]

hey first post here, been reading for a while tho,
I have heard when ppl have trouble with thier drinking water, like a large fuel spill or something in the area, they usually say to boil it to clean it (distill it?). Would this be effective for the water for our cooling systems, or do i need to buy the actual "distilled water" from the store?

[AntmanMike]

When you boil water, the water vapor needs to be condensed and collected in some way to get distilled water. The water left over is the dirty water (water leaves an leaves debris behind) Store bought is probably better though, as it has gone through filters too.

[J37X]

oh yeah, i fogot its the actual water vapor you have to catch :rolleyes: . I remember now about when your in a survival situation, you can get grass and leaves and have the sun heat it up and get the water out of it, hmmm ok :D
I was just trying to get out of buying a $2 gallon of water, its not worth the touble tho

[The Overclocker]

Originally posted by J37X
oh yeah, i fogot its the actual water vapor you have to catch :rolleyes: . I remember now about when your in a survival situation, you can get grass and leaves and have the sun heat it up and get the water out of it, hmmm ok :D
I was just trying to get out of buying a $2 gallon of water, its not worth the touble tho

it is not hard to do at all.

get a sauce pan and put a cup in the middle, pour the water in the pan but not in the cup, put cling film over the pan and a heavy object on the cling film over the cup. then put the pan on the cooker and heat it

when the water evaporates it will condense on the cling film and run down to the lowest part - over the cup then drip into the cup

[Neco]

2 bucks for distilled water ?

sheesh what a rip off, I can get 1 gallon for like...89 cents at a shoppers or safeway, heh.

[seeker]

Just a thought...

Wonder how pure rainwater collected off of a piece
of plastic would be, or melted snow?

[Neco]

you'd be crazy to drink it..

rain water pretty much cleans out the air as I understand it



meaning all the chemicals /polutatns/exhaust fumes we put into the air pretty much come back down as rain....


or at least the "dirt" elements of them..


Thats what I think anyways

[TruckChase!]

Yah, I don't think acid rain would react well in a water cooling system. :)

[J37X]

Originally posted by Neco
2 bucks for distilled water ?

sheesh what a rip off, I can get 1 gallon for like...89 cents at a shoppers or safeway, heh.

yeah i was just guessin, i didnt actually price it:)

[Diggrr]

If ya wanna distill water, just use a pressure cooker pot and some copper tubing. Use a hose clamp to fasten the tubing onto the fitting on top. Put the recieving jug on the floor next to the stove. Check it often at first, it might start melting a bit, the steam is very hot and will burn the heck out of ya. You can put a fan blowing on the copper tubing to help get more water than steam out of the tube.
This is a slow process, and probably not a good idea for a bong user. You'd be boiling water all day about every 3-4 days.

Had to learn something from Grandpa...crazy old moonshiner anyway.:D

Yeah, rainwater and snow would be some very dirty water, and not a very good idea.

[Phil]

If you've got a coffer perculator that can do it for you, just put a clean filter in and no coffer and let it fill the jug, wella distilled water :)

[phiber]

Originally posted by William
If you've got a coffer perculator that can do it for you, just put a clean filter in and no coffer and let it fill the jug, wella distilled water :)
good idea!
with my watercooling i use about 8 gallons of water in a fish tank and it evaporates at a rate of 2 gallons /week so i need lots of water can be a bitch at times...

[Phil]

It's pretty slow though, it takes about half an hour for mine to do half a litre

[phiber]

Originally posted by William
It's pretty slow though, it takes about half an hour for mine to do half a litre
screw that.....imma just use tap water....

[Phil]

lol, It's all well and good for making nice coffee but for preparing water it's a tad slow.
You could make a bigger and faster one, all you need is something to boil the water, then something cold that it will condense on and then flow down into a container.

[Warlord2]

how often would you have to clean your block if you went with just plane tap water?

[Phil]

Depends what the water is like round where you live. I don't think there is a correct answer to this question, you would just have to preiodically check the block to see if there was a build up the first few times and then you would start to know round about when it would need cleaning.

[UserName]

Most tap water has minerals in it, but the real problem is calcium carbonate, the white poo. Some people think that’s minerals from the water. It is actually mostly calcium carbonate. A cheap way to make psudo distilled water is to boil it. Just bring it to a boil and let it cool. Again I mean bring a big pot of water to a boil and let it cool back down. You will see white poo in the bottom. That’s calcium carbonate. Poor the water into whatever you choose (when it cools). Do it slow to leave the poo in the bottom. Works just as good as distilled for most things.

This works cause calcium carbonate is not soluble in water unless CO2 (Carbon dioxide) is in it. Boiling greatly reduces CO2 and the CaCO3 falls out.

BTW
Boiling your water to clean it is the same as above. Just boil it and let it cool. This is usually done if the water may be contaminated with live things (Boiling kills live things). Might also be done for some chemicals as they evaporate.

[Silver]

Took my DD maze2 block apart (to check the design) after about six months of using sink water and found nothing. Take a look around the faucets and drains etc in kitchen and bathroom and you should have a fairly good idea of the mineral content in your water supply.